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It would be fantastic if there was a way (somewhat like patents) where IP protection could be linked up with publishing materials so that in order to get the law to protect your software from copying, you had to have it published at the end of the protection period. (like on release you had to store the source code at the library of congress or something)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Commander_(video_game)
Whoever pushed for this at EA - my deepest respect is with you! Original C&C was rewritten from scratch long ago, but open source version of Zero Hour is such an amazing gift. PS: if you want to send respects to the person who did it you can do it on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jim-vessella-62726825_from-th...
Who can we bribe at Microsoft to get Fallout 1 / 2 source code released? Would be really interesting when you consider that FO2 has online modding, so it would allow for so much craziness to ensue out of FO2...
Several times as clone game engine with most popular being falltergeist:
https://github.com/falltergeist/falltergeist
Second time as MMO client-server tech:
https://github.com/cvet/fonline
FOnline for sure use nothing of original game except for assets.
PS: So yeah source code of fallout wouldn't be of any use really except for historical archive.
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Slightly odd (age wise) Generals got open sourced before RA2. I wonder why?
It is apparently the case that the original source for Tiberian Sun and RA2 has been lost; EA doesn't have it. There's been rumours to that effect for a while.